Why sue us? Because they claim the "clue.com" violates their
trademark on the board game "Clue". Hasbro is arguing that
only they have a right to use the word "clue" in any manner,
any where. This completely ignores trademark law, and the seven other
companies who hold trademarks on the word "clue", as well as
numerous people and businesses named "clue". Hasbro
admitted to us early on that there really wasn't any infringement,
that they just want clue.com to use for a web site about their
game. Not surprising, for a company that allegedly stole the game
Monopoly. See the Anti-Monopoly
web site for info on this claim

Brief status:

1 March 2001 - FINAL ENTRY

Hasbro has not filed to have Judge Woodlock's decision reviewed by the
US Supreme Court in the time allowed. Therefore, Clue&reg (tm) wins again!
This is finally over as far as we know. After five years in court,
Hasbro was unable to win anything useful to them, and did nothing but
continue to ruin thier reputation and waste investors cash. Along the
way, Clue&reg Computing had to pay over $100k in expenses, not counting
lost revenue. It's estimated that Hasbro's expenses were in the
$300-500k range, given the large number of law firms used, number of
briefs filed, etc. Hasbro is rumoured to have laid off a number of in
house lawyers. No word on what they may have done to their outside
counsel. We hope they dispatched assassins. This case proves that
the little guy can win, that corporations like Hasbro can't always buy
legal outcomes with harassment and bullying, and that Lady Justice
sometimes beats idiots like Jackie Chan beats up street gangs.

We're very grateful to Phil Dubois and Tom Mullen, the attorneys
who were willing to take a chance on what seemed to be an unwinnable
case. The law firm of Oppedahl and Larson was also helpful beyond
belief in giving advice and assisting with obtaining a trademark for
Clue&reg Computing. Thanks to you all. You represent all that's good in
the legal profession.

8 November, 2000
Hasbro loses again! The appeal decision came in 7 November, 2000. No word
yet on if they'll continue fighting, or accept the multiple decisions against
them.

27 Aug 2000 - The court date has been set for oral arguments in
the appeal. The arguments take place on 15 Sept, 2000, in the 1st
Circuit Court Of Appeals in Boston.

Much to Hasbro's dismay, we're not giving in to their tyranny. A
number of other domain name owners have, and we understand why. It's
incredibly expensive and difficult to stand up to Hasbro, or any huge
entity. Despite repeated attempts by Clue's legal staff and
President, Hasbro refuses to negotiate any settlement. Amazingly
enough, Hasbro refused to answer many of the requests for information
during the discovery phase of the suit, claiming that tiny Clue
Computing was being "oppressive"... One hopes that the
people who suffered and died at the hands of Hitler, Pol Pot, and
other genocidal regimes will be able to forgive Hasbro for not
knowing what oppression is.

We still need YOUR help!

Why? Well, Clue&reg is a company with one full time employee, and a
few part timers. We've been fighting huge companies for over four
years now, and paying for more lawyers than any of us ever thought
we'd need in our lifetimes. This is basically a contest to see who
can hold out the longest before going bankrupt, and since Hasbro,
Inc. made about $4 billion last year, it's not likely to be the folks
who just want to make a living here at Clue&reg Computing. We need
several things in order to continue this unprecedented case:

We need *YOU* to let Hasbro know how you feel about this. You
can call Hasbro at 1-800-327-8264 or (401) 431-8697.

You can contact their Investor Relations at: (If you have a
401(k) or IRA you probably own some of Hasbro. Don't forget to call
or write your fund managers and let them know how you feel about
investing in companies that actively try to screw up the internet)

Lastly, (and it *REALLY* pains us to say this) we need cash to pay
the lawyers. Legal defense ate about 25% of our revenue the first
year, and for 1997 it was over 50%. 1998 was even worse. If you'd
Like to send some cash which will be used ONLY for the defense of our
domain name, you can send a check payable to: